How-To: Fake Short Hair Like Rosario Dawson

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I can't say enough about the hairstyle (and gorgeous earrings) we saw on Rosario Dawson at the premiere for Seven Pounds in LA. At first glance, it looked like a chopped change from her recent Lucky cover but, once I zoomed in, I realized it was a nip and tuck.This style's a baby step for commitmentphobes who want a cut, but aren't quiiite there yet. The trick to the illusion of short hair: large hair pins. Taking a mix of the classic pins (the ones that are rigidly straight with ridges) and the ones that look more like a bendy "v", tuck sections of your hair starting with the bottom and loosely layer the top until it's all pinned under.

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Back when I chatted with the stylist who created Molly Sims messy updo, he told me that "a girl's necessity is always five long hair pins in the bottom of her purse, just in case." It totally makes sense now – why do with 20 what you can do with five – and, if oversized pins can make me go from long to short without the scissors, then I'm attached to the products below.

My grandmother was a flapper in the 1920's who had knee-length hair she used to roll into a bob. In pics you would never know her hair was so long. I like Rosario's do -- mess and all -- as I think it modernizes a classic bob into a fun, festive look.

I don't know if I really like this look. It looks fine from the front, but from behind it looks kinda unpolished. I guess it's okay if you are looking into how your hair would look short, but it just doesn't seem right for dressing up.
That's just my 2 cents, though. To each their own.